High Intensity Training Part II
Run faster by running less?
Alert reader, John B. (not me) wrote to tell me about his experience trying the training protocol I had written about in the original post, High Intensity Training.
John writes:
Two blocks at first, two to three times a week? Then ramp up to three.
I did three sets yesterday and I am hurting. It’s a deceptive little workout.
By the way, your post on Friday was the first I had heard of it. The video (Which in Danish is titled “Effektiv Intervaltraening”) proves these guys are not couch potatoes. They are pretty serious runners!
As I mentioned previously, I’m not so sure this is really something new under the sun. I am quite happy to believe this could be “effektiv” in the sharpening phase of your training–leading up to a race. Because of the well documented training benefits of real mileage (AKA chronic running), I’m not really sure this would result in sustainable improvement. I would hypothesize that this experimental finding is more neuro-muscular than physiological.
But hey, you can read more about it yourself at the University of Copenhagen’s website. (In English!)
If you like, you can even watch the video.